# 양

| 양 | U+C591, &#50577; HANGUL SYLLABLE YANG |
| Composition: | ㅇ + ㅑ + ㅇ |
| ← 얐 [U+C590] | Hangul Syllables | 얒 → [U+C592] |
야약앾앿얀얁얂 얃얄얅얆얇얈얉 얊얋얌얍얎얏얐 양얒얓얔얕얖얗 :
| 애 ← | → 얘 |

## Jeju
### Pronunciation

* (Morphophonemic) IPA: ⫽jaŋ⫽
* (Jeju City) IPA: [jaŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [양]

### Etymology 1
#### Interjection

양 (yang)
* yes

##### Synonyms

* ᄀᆞ (gaw)
* ᄋᆞ (aw)
* 기여 (giyeo)
* 야 (ya)
* 예계 (yegye)
* 으게 (euge)

### Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 羊.

#### Noun

양 (yang) (counter ᄆᆞ리)
* sheep
* goat
    Synonym: 염쉐 (yeomswe)

## Korean
### Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 量 (“quantity”)

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ja̠ŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [양]
* South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 양의 / 양에 / 양까지Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

#### Noun

| South Korean Standard Language | 양(量) (yang) |
| North Korean Standard Language | 량(量) (ryang) |
양 • (yang) (hanja 量)
* quantity, amount
    Coordinate term: 질(質) (jil, “quality”)

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 量 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (量, yang).

### Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 羊 (“sheep, goat”)

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ja̠ŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [양]
* South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 양의 / 양에 / 양까지Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

#### Noun

양 • (yang) (counter 마리, hanja 羊)
* sheep

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 羊 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (羊, yang).

### Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 陽 (“yang”).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ja̠ŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [양]

#### Noun

양 • (yang) (hanja 陽)
* (philosophy) yang (the essential male principle in East Asian religion or philosophy)
    Coordinate term: 음(陰) (eum)

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 陽 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (陽, yang).

### Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 孃 (“woman, girl”)

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ja̠ŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [양]

#### Noun

양 • (yang) (hanja 孃)
* Miss (used after the names of young women, especially by older speakers)
    Coordinate term: 군(君) (gun, used for young men)

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 孃 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (孃, yang).

### Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 兩 (“two”).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ja̠(ː)ŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [양(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

#### Determiner

| South Korean Standard Language | 양(兩) (yang) |
| North Korean Standard Language | 량(兩) (ryang) |
양 • (yang) (hanja 兩)
* two; both

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 兩 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (兩, yang).

### Etymology 6

Sino-Korean word from 洋 (“ocean; Western (because Westerners came by sea)”).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ja̠ŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [양]

#### Prefix

양— • (yang-) (hanja 洋)
* Western, European
    양의학 ― yang'uihak ― Western medicine
    양놈 ― yangnom ― Western bastards
    양파 ― yangpa ― onion (literally, “Western leek”)

#### Suffix

—양 • (-yang) (hanja 洋)
* ocean
    태평양 ― taepyeong'yang ― Pacific Ocean

#### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 洋 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (洋, yang).

### Etymology 7

Sino-Korean word from 良 (“good”).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ja̠ŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [양]

#### Noun

| South Korean Standard Language | 양(良) (yang) |
| North Korean Standard Language | 량(良) (ryang) |
양 • (yang) (hanja 良)
* The fourth-highest score in the five-point grading system in South Korean schools, ultimately abolished in 2012; equivalent to D in the Roman alphabet grading scheme.
    Coordinate terms: 수(秀) (su), 우(優) (u), 미(美) (mi), 가(可) (ga)

#### Affix

양 • (yang) (hanja 良)
* good

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 良 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (良, yang).

### Etymology 8

Sino-Korean word from 壤 (“soil”)

#### Numeral

양 • (yang) (hanja 壤)
* (uncommon) 10$^{28}$
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

#### Affix

양 • (yang) (hanja 壤)
* soil; earth

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 壤 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (壤, yang).

### Etymology 9

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

#### Syllable

양 • (yang)
* 羊:
    (MC reading: 羊 (MC yang))
* 洋:
    (MC reading: 洋 (MC yang|zjang))
* 養:
    (MC reading: 養 (MC yangX|yangH))
* 揚:
    (MC reading: 揚 (MC yang))
* 陽:
    (MC reading: 陽 (MC yang))
* 讓:
    (MC reading: 讓 (MC nyangH))
* 壤:
    (MC reading: 壤 (MC nyangX))
* 樣:
    (MC reading: 樣 (MC yangH))
* 楊:
    (MC reading: 楊 (MC yang))
* 襄:
    (MC reading: 襄 (MC sjang))
* 孃:
    (MC reading: 孃 (MC nyang|nrjang))
* 漾:
    (MC reading: 漾 (MC yangH))
* 佯:
    (MC reading: 佯 (MC yang|dzjang))
* 恙:
    (MC reading: 恙 (MC yangH))
* 攘:
    (MC reading: 攘 (MC nyang|nyangX|nyangH))
* 暘:
    (MC reading: 暘 (MC yang))
* 瀁:
    (MC reading: 瀁 (MC yangX|yangH))
* 煬:
    (MC reading: 煬 (MC yang|yangH))
* 痒:
    (MC reading: 痒 (MC zjang|yangX))
* 瘍:
    (MC reading: 瘍 (MC yang))
* 禳:
    (MC reading: 禳 (MC nyang))
* 穰:
    (MC reading: 穰 (MC nyang|nyangX))
* 釀:
    (MC reading: 釀 (MC nrjangH))
* 徉:
    (MC reading: 徉 (MC yang))
* 瀼:
    (MC reading: 瀼 (MC nyang))
* 烊:
    (MC reading: 烊 (MC yang))
* 癢:
    (MC reading: 癢 (MC yangX))
* 眻:
    (MC reading: 眻 (MC yang|yangH))
* 蘘:
    (MC reading: 蘘 (MC nyang))
* 輰:
    (MC reading: 輰 (MC yang))
* 鑲:
    (MC reading: 鑲 (MC nyang|sjang|nrjang))
* 颺:
    (MC reading: 颺 (MC yang|yangH))
* 驤:
    (MC reading: 驤 (MC sjang))
* 昜: Alternative form of 陽
    (MC reading: 昜 (MC yang))
* 敭: Alternative form of 揚
    (MC reading: 敭 (MC yang))
* 勨:
    (MC reading: 勨 (MC yangX|zjangX))
* 勷:
    (MC reading: 勷 (MC nyang))
* 嚷:
    (MC reading: 嚷)
* 詳:
    (MC reading: 詳 (MC yang|zjang))

### Etymology 10

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters in isolation or as the first element of a compound. As the non-initial element of a compound, they are read as 량 (ryang).
In North Korea, after a language reform in the mid-twentieth century intended to make Sino-Korean readings uniform, they are always read as 량 (ryang)in all environments.

#### Syllable

양 • (yang)
* (South Korea) 良:
    (MC reading: 良 (MC ljang))
* (South Korea) 兩:
    (MC reading: 兩 (MC ljangX|ljangH))
* (South Korea) 量:
    (MC reading: 量 (MC ljang|ljangH))
* (South Korea) 涼:
    (MC reading: 涼 (MC ljang|ljangH))
* (South Korea) 梁:
    (MC reading: 梁 (MC ljang))
* (South Korea) 糧:
    (MC reading: 糧 (MC ljang))
* (South Korea) 諒:
    (MC reading: 諒 (MC ljangH))
* (South Korea) 亮:
    (MC reading: 亮 (MC ljangH))
* (South Korea) 倆:
    (MC reading: 倆)
* (South Korea) 樑:
    (MC reading: 樑 (MC ljang))
* (South Korea) 粱:
    (MC reading: 粱 (MC ljang))
* (South Korea) 輛:
    (MC reading: 輛)
* (South Korea) 駺:
    (MC reading: 駺 (MC lang))
* (South Korea) 俍:
    (MC reading: 俍 (MC langX))
* (South Korea) 喨:
    (MC reading: 喨)
* (South Korea) 悢:
    (MC reading: 悢 (MC ljangH))
* (South Korea) 踉:
    (MC reading: 踉 (MC ljang|lang|ljangH))
* (South Korea) 魎:
    (MC reading: 魎 (MC ljangX))
* (South Korea) 粮: Alternative form of 糧
    (MC reading: 粮 (MC ljang))
* (South Korea) 凉: Alternative form of 涼
    (MC reading: 凉 (MC ljang))
* (South Korea) 两: Alternative form of 兩
    (MC reading: 两)
* (South Korea) 掠:
    (MC reading: 掠 (MC ljangH))
* (South Korea) 椋:
    (MC reading: 椋 (MC ljang))

### References

* Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo).